The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, before which social activist Traffic Ramaswamy made a mention and highlighted the fact that officials and the minister concerned had blamed the issue on pending court cases, made the monitoring committee also a party to the case. Earlier, Traffic Ramaswamy mentioned the matter and said that it was the negligence and failure of the officials concerned to take action on violators of illegal constructors. Besides seeking action against the owners of the building, he wanted transfer of state housing secretary who was continuing in the same post for more than five years now.